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HYDERABAD: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned an additional loan of Rs 206.01 crore to the Andhra Pradesh Government for various infrastructure projects. The loan has been approved under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) by the NABARD's Project Sanction Committee. With this, the current year's sanction under RIDF has reached Rs 1,315.23 crore. The fund would be used for constructing 84 roads and 15 bridges, among other projects, in 19 districts, a NABARD release said here today.

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh government today welcomed the passing of AP Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2014 by Lok Sabha that will transfer seven mandals in Bhadrachalam revenue division of Telangana to AP. "This will clear the way for construction of Polavaram multi-purpose project. We will complete it in the next three years," Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said. The transfer (of mandals) happened due to the efforts of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, he said.

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution seeking 'special category state' status for the newly formed state. "Telangana has all the qualifications to be given the special state status. The Centre should treat both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on equal basis," Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said here, moving the resolution. Leaders of other parties supported it. The Assembly also adopted a resolution opposing merger of seven mandals under Bhadrachalam revenue division , which would be affected by the Polavaram irrigation project , with Andhra Pradesh.

CHENNAI: n-Logue Communications India on Tuesday announced plans to set up about one million 'Chirag' Internet kiosks, covering 85 per cent of India's rural areas, in the next five years. The World Bank has expressed an interest in taking stake in the venture, company said. P G Ponnapa, Chief Operating Officer, n-Logue, told reporters that such kiosks had already been set up in Nellikuppam and Madurai in Tamil Nadu, Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, Shahpura in Rajasthan and Baramati in Maharashtra.

KOLKATA: India Industrial Enterprises Pvt Limited (IIEPL), a leading supplier of coal gasifiers, is eyeing a spate of orders from refractory makers, pellet manufacturers, steel, aluminium and glass producers scouting for a cleaner source of energy. "There is a growing trend towards use of green technology across a gamut of energy-intensive industry segments," PS Gandhi, chairman of IIEPL, said. The company has supplied around 110 gasifers to major industrial units across the country and has bagged a number of orders from pellet manufacturers like BMM in Hospet, Karnataka.

KOLKATA: ITC Limited, the tobacco-cum-hotels major which has been fast transforming itself into a FMCG company, is targeting students by customising notebooks for schools under the 'Classmate' brand name. ITC's greeting, gifting and stationery business chief executive Chand Das said on Monday that targeting school children was a part of the company's diversification plans to foray into the FMCG sector. He said 'Classmate' is a sub-brand of 'Expressions'. The notebooks had been customised for schools and would be also available at retail stores across the country.

NEW DELHI: In some alarming news for security agencies tackling Left-wing extremism, forces operating in the anti-Maoist operations grid have detected that the red ultras have recently formed a new unit to perpetrate their violent acts in the new state of Telangana. Officials privy to information in the Maoist violence affected areas of Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh axis have received inputs that Naxals have raised a 'Special Zonal Committee' which is tasked to operate in the border areas of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and other states and subsequently increase their activities.

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding opposition from within Congress and outside, the Union Cabinet today cleared the Telangana Bill which will be introduced in Parliament on February 12. The controversial bill will be presented in the Rajya Sabha in the present form and the government will move 32 amendments when it is taken up for consideration. The proposed legislation does not provide for grant of Union Territory status to Hyderabad despite demands but the government will announce a special package for Rayalaseema and north coastal Andhra to address concerns of the people there.

The bourses ended their consecutive three-day positive run on Wednesday to finish low. Index heavyweights saw profit-taking. As a result, the Sensex was down 15.70 points at 3020.70. The bourses will remain closed on Thursday for Independence Day. The Nifty fell 6.4 points to 969.65. The recovery in index heavyweights was halted today as investors booked profits. HLL and Reliance initially led the decline. The FMCG major saw weakness earlier due to the CMIE forecast of low agricultural output due to drought like situation in certain parts of the country.

HYDERABAD: The alliance of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Congress appears to be on the brink of collapse, with candidates from both parties filing nomination papers in constituencies allotted to the other party on Wednesday, the last day for filing nomination papers. TRS chief, K Chandrasekhar Rao confirmed to reporters on Wednesday evening that reports from various constituencies indicate that candidates from both parties have filed nominations in seats other than the agreement.